'Congress should name PM candidate before polls'

Milind Deora, minister of state for communication and information technology and shipping, is one of the Congress' young guns under Rahul Gandhi. He tells Kavita Chowdhury that the core problem for......

LS passes bill allowing voluntary use of Aadhaar

The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed a bill to allow voluntary use of Aadhaar as proof of identity for opening bank accounts and procuring mobile phone. The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill,......

'Aadhaar is the best in class in terms of privacy protection'

'The government is having the right approach, where Aadhaar is voluntary.' 'By the time I stepped down as UIDAI chairman, over 300 million were getting Aadhaar-linked cash transfers.' 'I think PM......

Prez seeks cooperation of MPs as budget session of Parliament begins

With clouds of storm hovering over Parliament's budget session, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday sought the "cooperation" of all MPs in the smooth conduct of legislative business but gave no......

'Subsidised LPG sales under direct benefit scheme down by 25%'

  Sales of subsidised LPG cylinders under the Direct Benefit Transfer scheme have come down by about 25 per cent as most ‘ghost beneficiaries’ have been eliminated, Chief Economic......

Benefits transfer scheme minus LPG dole a flop-show

The Cabinet’s decision to suspend cash transfer of cooking gas subsidy directly into bank accounts of consumers will deal a major blow to the government’s “game-changer”......

No plans to withdraw LPG subsidy to well off people

There are no plans to withdraw the facility of subsidised LPG cylinders to financially well off people, even as 1.46 lakh such consumers have voluntarily given up the subsidy, the government said......

Aadhaar mandatory for LPG subsidy

Government gives 3 months, starting June, for the 20 districts to be covered under its direct benefits transfer scheme Home consumers of cooking gas (LPG) in 20 districts have to now get their......